No. 423. 
ERICA COVENTRYANA, 
Class. Order. 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
This elegant sort is a native of the Cape 
of Good Hope: it was introduced about 
1808, and flowers plentifully in the begin- 
ning of summer : it requires the usual green- 
house treatment, and may be increased by 
cuttings: the soil should be sandy peat. 
It has been named in commemoration of 
the late Earl of Coventry, a truly noble and 
liberal encourager of botany. His Lord- 
ship’s tion at Croome, in Worcester- 
shire, “very ‘extensive, and peculiarly 
rich in hardy trees and plants, and he con- 
tinued to add to it, to the latter part of his 
life, even after he was deprived of sight. 
He was a nobleman of such ex 
punctuality, that he rarely suffered an ac- 
count to remain open more than a few 
days, and we feel pleasure in acknowledging 
that he was a kind patron of our establish- 
ment in its earlier times. 
